Sekken Church

Church in Møre og Romsdal, Norway

62°39′38″N 7°22′56″E / 62.660653564°N 7.3822076618°E / 62.660653564; 7.3822076618LocationMolde Municipality,
Møre og RomsdalCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1908Consecrated28 October 1908ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Ole Havnæs and
Knut FlåtheArchitectural typeLong churchStyleSwiss chalet styleCompleted1908 (116 years ago) (1908)SpecificationsCapacity130MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseMøre bispedømmeDeaneryMolde domprostiParishSekken

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID85412

Sekken Church (Norwegian: Sekken kyrkje; formerly: Sekken kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Molde Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is located at the eastern tip of the island of Sekken which is located in the Romsdal Fjord, at the mouth of the Langfjorden. It is the church for the Sekken parish which is part of the Molde domprosti (arch-deanery) in the Diocese of Møre. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design with a Swiss chalet style in 1908 by the architects Ole Havnæs and Knut Flåthe. The church seats about 130 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The municipal council of the old Veøy Municipality voted unanimously on 4 January 1902 to petition the government for the construction of a chapel and graveyard on the island of Sekken. The people used to attend the Old Veøy Church on the neighboring island of Veøya, but in 1901, that church was closed and a new Veøy Church was built on the mainland. This left the people of Sekken island much further from their church. In 1908, a royal decree was issued authorizing the construction of the new chapel. The building was consecrated on 28 October 1908. The church bell from the Old Veøy Church was installed in the chapel's tower.^[3]^[4]

Media gallery

Interior
Exterior
Front entrance

References

^ "Sekken kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Sekken kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
^ "Sekken kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 July 2021.